Teachers often assign older books.
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Stories like ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Jane Eyre’ are still relevant today.
Children still benefit from being read to after they’ve learned to read by themselves.
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Shared reading has many benefits. Among them, it can help your child develop a bigger vocabulary.
Stories take children on imaginary adventures.
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Reading styles vary in effectiveness. Here are six things you can do, based on research, to help your child get the most out of shared reading.
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When it comes to children’s well-being and development, it’s not whether a woman works or not that matters but how she makes her choices work for her family.
Parents can help their children learn new words by reading their favourite books aloud.
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While it can be painfully repetitive to adults, re-reading your child’s favourite book aloud can help boost their vocabulary and fluency.
Family dinners can whet children’s appetites for reading.
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Family meals – with lively conversation, storytelling and discussions of books and the tales they contain – feed children’s literacy skills.
Why not use Ali Baba Had a Farm, instead of Old McDonald Had a Farm?
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English songs from the US and the UK are typically taught to kids around the world. With English now a language of many cultures, why not incorporate songs from the world?